Sumar

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Summar is a male Orca born at Seaworld, Orlando on May 14, 1998. His mother is Taima and he is her first calf. Just a six months after birth, an incident happened when, during a show, her mother attaked him, pushing him against the glass, trying to make him fall down. The crowd was evacuated and the show cancelled. The trainers tried to move Taima to another tank and finally separated her from her son. Since then, the two of them have been always separated and Kalina and Katina became his surrogate mothers until he was transferred to Seaworld California in San Diego on March 8, 1999. After,he spent a few months at now closed Seaworld Ohio before being transferred back to San Diego. There he was mothered by CorkyII. He is very gentle with other orcas and trainers and spends a lot of time with Nakai. He is about 15.3 feet long. He is often used for shows.